Topic: LCD Soundsystem

Hot Chip was on Morning Becomes Eclectic yesterday. For those not familiar, Morning Becomes Eclectic is a morning radio show on KCRW, a public radio station out of Santa Monica. The host, Jason Bentley, highlights the kind of music you would expect to hear at Coachella. Coachella, for those of you who don’t know, is an outdoor music festival held near Palm Springs. During Bentley’s interview with Hot Chip, he mentions that their “set at Coachella was my favorite of anything that entire weekend.” I was there, and I would have to disagree, but maybe Bentley didn’t see Plasticman, Whitest Boy Alive or The Specials. Hot Chip played on the second stage that had narrow sides making for an audience spread that was too deep without enough breadth. Maybe if I had been watching from backstage next to Jason Bentley, the performance would have struck me better. Continue...